5 Mile area
Quick reportdavid.bryan · Jan 15, 2017 · Chilkat Pass
Quick report
- Weather
- wet, warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- OK
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, wet, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
AST1 course field day. Skinned up to 750M through dense trees. Temps: +2 @400m, 0@750m. Winds calm with broken skies. 35cm HST. No signs of instability. Stability testing produced Moderate to Hard, resistant planar results down 135cm on FC/MfCr interface. Rapid warming to +5 towards the end of the day. HS ~160cm, alders not quite filled in yet. Wet heavy snow made for less-pleasant skiing down with soft+++ landings.